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Choose any 3 of these concerts: February 22 Classical Fusion – Early Beethoven (Coffee Series, 11 a.m.)

February 23 Major/Minor Concert February 28 Nature and Music March 2 Amadeus March 3 Amadeus

March 8 Broadway’s Leading Men

March 9 Broadway’s Leading Men March 10 Cowboy Jamboree

March 15 Maestro’s Choice (Coffee Series) March 21 Ride of the Valkyries March 22 Ride of the Valkyries March 23 Ride of the Valkyries

Use the list at right to select your concerts MAR.21-23

and call or visit Patron Services when you are ready to order.

April 4 Grieg Piano Concerto

April 5 Grieg Piano Concerto April 6 Grieg Piano Concerto April 13 Neil Sedaka

April 19 Music and Poetry

April 25 Dvorak “New World” Symphony

MAY 4

April 26 Dvorak “New World” Symphony

MAR. 8-9

April 27 Dvorak “New World” Symphony

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May 4 Chris Botti

May 10 John Williams Spectacular (Coffee Series, 11 a.m.)

May 10 John Williams Spectacular

May 11 John Williams Spectacular May 17 Choral Spectacular

May 18 Choral Spectacular

Choose from MASTERWORKS, POPS, COFFEE or FAMILY series concerts and Symphony SPECIAL EVENTS.

EverBank Family Series

Mayo Clinic Coffee Series

Mayo Clinic Coffee Series Fusion Series

CLASSICAL FUSION – EARLY BEETHOVEN

COWBOY JAMBOREE

Fri., Feb. 22, 2013, at 11 a.m.

Sun., Mar. 10, 2013, at 3 p.m. • Pre-concert activities begin at 2 p.m.

Case Scaglione, conductor

Listen and learn why Beethoven’s works were so “Classical” in his early years.

BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2

MUSIC AND POETRY

Christopher Confessore, conductor • Frank Oden, special guest

Fri., Apr. 19, 2013, at 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Mosey on down to Jacoby Symphony Hall for a real live Cowboy Jamboree! Set in Texas prior to the Civil War, thematic cowboy music and poetry humorously depicts life in the “Old West” and follows the story of a restless young man who gives up farming in Tennessee and moves out west to “work in the saddle.”

Michael Butterman, conductor • Angela Brown, soprano*

Explore music’s fascinating poetic inspirations.

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Poetry by Mallarmé) BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7, Mvt. II (Poetry by Rita Dove and CK Williams) LISZT Les Preludes (Poetry by Lamartine) DANIELPOUR A Woman’s Life* (Poetry by Maya Angelou) Coffee Series concert sponsored by BRASS A Cultural Fusion event

P u b l i x S u p e r M a r k e t s C h a r i t i e s J SYO S e r i e s Mayo Clinic Coffee Series

MAJOR/MINOR CONCERT

MAESTRO’S CHOICE

Sat., Feb. 23, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Scott C. Gregg, JSYO Music Director and Principal Conductor, Winston Family Endowed Chair

This showcase event features the advanced JSYO ensembles playing side-by-side with the musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, as well as solo performances by the winners of the JSYO Young Artists Competition.

Fri., Mar. 15, 2013, at 11 a.m.

Florida Blue Masterworks Series

Fabio Mechetti, conductor

Enjoy some of Fabio Mechetti’s all-time favorites, with Beethoven and Mozart for openers, as well as Appalachian Spring and music from Aida and West Side Story.

BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 • MOZART Rondeau from Serenade No. 9 in D major COPLAND Suite from Appalachian Spring • VERDI Triumphal March and Ballet from Aida BERNSTEIN, arr. Peress Overture to West Side Story

Special Event

NATURE AND MUSIC

Sponsored by BRASS

DVORAK “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY Thu., Apr. 25, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. • Fri. & Sat., Apr. 26 & 27, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Gerard Schwarz, conductor • Jon Kimura Parker, piano* ZWILICH Avanti!

BEASER Ground 0 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1* DVOR ÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” v

Thu., Feb. 28, 2013, at 7:30 p.m.

Michael Butterman, conductor

Nature’s scenery comes alive with music for a breathtaking visual and symphonic event.

COPLAND An Outdoor Overture • DEBUSSY/arr. Mouton Clair de lune GROFE Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise • DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia • SMETANA The Moldau In partnership with the North American Nature Photography Association

Special Event Florida Blue Masterworks Series

CHRIS BOTTI

RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES Thu., Mar. 21, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. • Fri. & Sat., Mar. 22 & 23, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Fabio Mechetti, conductor WAGNER Excerpts from Die Meistersinger, Act III WAGNER/arr. Maazel The “Ring” Without Words

Sat., May 4, 2013, at 8 p.m.

One night only – In the Moran Theater Conductor TBA • Chris Botti, special guest

One of America’s best-selling jazz artists, trumpeter Chris Botti’s distinctive style blends the verve of jazz improvisation with pop and classical music. This incomparable musician has collaborated with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, Josh Groban, Paul Simon, Joshua Bell and Andrea Bocelli.

Special Event

Guest Artist sponsored by FIS

AMADEUS Sat., Mar. 2, 2013, at 8 p.m. • Sun., Mar. 3, 2013, at 3 p.m.

Mayo Clinic Coffee Series Fidelity National Financial Pops Series

Florida Blue Masterworks Series

Michael Butterman, conductor

GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with Players by the Sea, presents Peter Shaffer’s Tony award-winning play, Amadeus. Made into an Academy award-winning film of the same name, Amadeus portrays the tortured relationship between the young genius, Mozart, and his mentor-turned-rival, Salieri.

JOHN WILLIAMS SPECTACULAR

Thu., Apr. 4, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. • Fri. & Sat., Apr. 5 & 6, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Fri., May 10, 2013, at 11 a.m. • Fri. & Sat., May 10 & 11, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Saturday performance sponsored by Harbinger Sign

Fabio Mechetti, conductor • Arnaldo Cohen, piano* GRIEG Piano Concerto* DUTILLEUX Metaboles RAVEL La Valse

Michael Krajewski, conductor

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra performs blockbuster scores from E.T., Jaws, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and more!

Friday evening concert sponsored by Guild Friends of the Jacksonville Symphony Saturday evening concert sponsored by Florida Times-Union

Friday concert sponsored by BRASS Fidelity National Financial Pops Series Florida Blue Masterworks Series

BROADWAY’S LEADING MEN

CHORAL SPECTACULAR

Fidelity National Financial Pops Series

Fri. & Sat., Mar. 8 & 9, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Jack Everly, conductor

Four of today’s most talented leading men from Broadway, along with one leading lady, join Jack Everly and the Orchestra for “The Great White Way’s” greatest moments including music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim and Rodgers & Hammerstein.

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NEIL SEDAKA

Fri. & Sat., May 17 & 18, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 13, 2013, at 8 p.m.

Fabio Mechetti & Grant Cooper, co-conductors Barbara Shirvis, soprano • Stanford Olsen, tenor • Timothy LeFebvre, baritone Jacksonville Symphony Chorus, Donald McCullough, director Jacksonville Children’s Chorus, Darren Dailey, director

One night only – In the Moran Theater Dick Palombi, conductor • Neil Sedaka, special guest

Neil Sedaka is true rock ‘n roll royalty. His string of smash hits, including “Calendar Girl,” “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do,” “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” and “Oh! Carol” dominated the airwaves in the 1960s and defined a generation.

BRITTEN War Requiem Sponsored by the Roger L. and Rochelle S. Main Charitable Trust

Sponsored by David and Linda Stein

All concerts are in Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, unless otherwise noted.

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